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It is a comprehensive volume on Bengali riddles and their socio-cultural background. The author has devotedly collected these riddles from different corners of West Bengal and Bangladesh through extensive field study and classified, analysed and evaluated their sociological importance. In the light of this study, an inquisitive reader would be able to form an in-depth impression about the social as well as familial life of the Bengali people. Even a casual ...
The theme of the book is based on the Women’s Brata Rituals. The definition and source of Brata, along with rituals, rites, characteristics, classification, tales, role of women, sociological analysis, comparative study, motif-index of Bratas, districtwise and statewise review of Bratas, and those of incorporated in this work on Bratas of Bengal. In fact, this is a comprehensive survey of the different aspects of Bratas. The exhaustive field-study by the ...
The Art of Kantha or embroidered quilt has been flourishing in rural Bengal for centuries. Its exquisite beauty was brought to the notice of city-dwellers, and to some extent, to the outside world. Dr. Sila Basak has now produced a commendable work on the Kantha art of Bengal, the result of extensive research, painstaking field-work, introspective analysis and collection of materials from far and near. She starts with a brief history of needlework. In the world ...